Year 1 - English
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Looking after pets: reading and writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils will use the book 'Lulu Gets a Cat' as a springboard to learning about non-fiction information texts on cats. Pupils will compare fiction and non-fiction texts before learning how to write statement and command sentences for an information page about looking after cats.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to write a simple instructions and commands.
Key Notes
- Instructions or commands tell someone what to do.
- Giving an instruction to someone can be useful in teaching them something or giving them information.
- Instructions mostly start with verbs, such as 'feed your cat twice a day' or 'give your cat a bowl of water'.
- Instructions can come in a sequence using sequencing language, such as 'First, put a bed down for your cat.'.
- A command can include a list, such as 'Give your cat water, food and love.'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- command: a type of simple sentence that tells someone to do something and can end with an exclamation mark
- instruction: a direction or order
- verb: a doing or being word
- noun: a naming word for people, places or things
- comma: a punctuation mark used to separate nouns in a list
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When writing a list of nouns, pupils may keep extending it or repeatedly use 'and'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Instructions or commands tell someone what to do. Giving an instruction to someone can be useful in teaching them something or giving them information.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'command'
a type of simple sentence that tells someone to do something and can end with an exclamation mark.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: When writing a list of nouns, pupils may keep extending it or repeatedly use 'and'. Correction: Tell the children to focus on three nouns only and explicitly model that 'and' is used before the last noun and the comma is used in between the others.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Differences between fiction and non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Exploring illustrations in 'Lulu Gets a Cat' Study Guide
- Reading and responding to 'Lulu Gets a Cat' by Anna McQuinn Study Guide
- The theme of responsibility in 'Lulu Gets a Cat' Study Guide
- Thinking from Lulu's perspective and asking questions Study Guide
- Using non-fiction texts to recall and learn facts Study Guide
- Writing an information report with commands Study Guide
- Writing facts Study Guide
- Writing facts in an information page Study Guide
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